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Arthur Jafa

1960

WA-00003211

Photography

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None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ28858518

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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GLAS NEGUS SUPREME | Arthur Jafa

Sadie Coles HQ

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%
BiographyUnknown· 20%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (3)

Gladstonehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/arthur-jafa
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sadie-Coleshttps://sadiecoles.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (8)

AGHDRA

2021 · 4K video (black and white and color, sound)

2018 · Video, color, sound, 105 min.

Whitney Museum of American Art

WattsOS

Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

2016 · Single-channel digital video, color, sound, 7 min., 25 sec.

Variable

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

APEX

2013 · Video (color, sound)

8:22 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled notebook

1990 · Printed papers, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-arranged in plastic sleeves in a three-ring binder

overall (binder): 11 9/16 × 10 5/16 × 1 5/16" (29.4 × 26.2 × 3.3 cm); sheet (each approx.): 11 5/16 × 9 1/4" (28.7 × 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled notebook

1990 · Printed papers, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-arranged in plastic sleeves in a three-ring binder

overall (binder): 11 5/8 × 10 15/16 × 2 13/16" (29.5 × 27.8 × 7.1 cm); sheet (each approx.): 11 5/16 × 9 1/4" (28.7 × 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled notebook

1990 · Printed papers, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-arranged in plastic sleeves in a three-ring binder

overall (binder): 11 1/2 × 10 5/8 × 2 1/16" (29.2 × 27 × 5.3 cm); sheet (each approx.): 11 5/16 × 9 1/4" (28.7 × 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monster

1988 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2017

Approx. 9 1/16 × 7 3/16" (23 × 18.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

8 published of 8 catalogued · 6 with image

MoMA
6 published6 img
The Met
1 published
Whitney
1 published

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Images

27 assets

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's Sadie Coles HQ

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Sadie Coles HQ

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Sadie Coles HQ

Current

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition GLAS NEGUS SUPREME | Arthur Jafa

Exhibition GLAS NEGUS SUPREME | Arthur Jafa Sadie Coles HQ

Exhibition GLAS NEGUS SUPREME Sadie Coles HQ